Eomer said:
So we hung out that night and it was really our first actual date. It was nice. We were going to check out a really good restaurant but unfortunately they aren"t open on Sunday, so we settled for a decent steakhouse. After that we walked back to my place and watched The Road. Heh, brutal date movie but ah well. Nothing physical happened other than a bit of light making out.
Texts:
There was some misc. communication back and forth about stuff I won"t get in to here, and then I get this one out of the blue:
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
Diane: So what"s going on with us. You"re never moving from Edmonton so big no no for me. Otherwise I"d be all over you. Sucks.
Me: I would think this is a better conversation to have in person or at least by phone. I"m glad though you care enough to not be willing to tolerate the city you grew up in
Again, kidding! When are you in town next?
Honestly though I am as in the dark as you!
Diane: (next day) Rise and shine! Not sure when but I know 2x this month, both overnighters. I"ll check monday. Let you know. Where"s the light??
She"s in town today and tomorrow, not really sure if we"re hanging out or not. She suggested we go for a drink and I"m down, however I also have a hockey game so it would have to either be an early drink or a late one, so we shall see. I"d imagine if we do meet up we"ll have to have the conversation about where things are going or if we"re just going to go back to being friends.
It"s really kind of a chicken and egg scenario at this point. We both know each other very well and I think we could be compatible, but there"s always that irrational aspect of things that neither side has much control over, and it"s impossible to establish that when we see each other once a month at best. I"m shackled to my city for a decade or more, she could move here but doesn"t like the city and that"s a HUGE step to make for something that might piddle out in short order.
In other news, Xerxes update:
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:This started back in March when she friended me on FB without any message or communications the previous 6 months:
Me: Hey, what"s up with the random Facebook friending? How are things? Get tired of driving a convertible in the winter yet?
Her: Well I "randomly" was thinking about you so decided to creep on your fb but we weren"t friends so...yeah I know wierd lol!! Oh and its an all wheel drive convertible thank you very much how are you?
Me: haha yeah, I don"t know who removed who, but I tried to friend you awhile back and you must have ignored it or something. Cold Xerxes.
I"m well thanks. Busy with work, things aren"t 2007 any more so we actually have to work to get work these days instead of it just falling in to our laps. Looking forward to getting out on the motorcycle ASAP, the past few weeks have been torture.
Her: I can"t wait for the top down in the covertible either!! yeah guess the economy wasn"t as sweet as it was but good to know your still hanging in there and having to actually work for a change>>haha jk Anyhow if you are ever interested in grabbing a drink and smoking a good one, hit me up!
Me: Yeah for sure, I"ve not played pretty much any Rock Band since last year. We"ll have to rock out one of these nights!
*After that nothing. Obviously it was up to me to pick a time and place to hang out, she"d already put herself out there. Then last week I was standing in line at the grocery store just after work, bored, and sent her a message for no particular reason other than randomness:*
Me: So when do I get to smoke a good one? Been getting much use out of the rag top? Barely been riding my bike it"s been so shitty, blah.
Her: Let"s smoke one tonight lol
Me: I have hockey tonight at 930, if you swing by right away we can make it work otherwise will have to do it next week!
Her: Sure, my party just broke up--buzzer again? And do u wanna smoke b4 hockey??
Me: Buzzer xx, and no worries about playing hockey, when we played in parkland we"d have a bowl in the dressing room during intermission.
Her: And just so we are clear, you have weed right? I don"t!
Me: Just went home to pick it up- on my way
So an hour later she showed up. She looked fantastic. She was by no means out of shape before but it looked like she"d lost a bit of weight in the hips. We hugged at my door and sat down on my couch, her fairly close to my usual position.
Almost immediately as I was rolling she started filling me in on the details of the relationship she"d had with the guy that she was dating around the same time we were (I"m still unclear if she broke things off with me for him, or if I broke things off with her because I wasn"t all that interested). He"d moved in after 5 months, and she"d kicked him out about 4 months later when he kicked down the door to their place on New Year"s after they"d gotten in to a huge argument at some bar that night and he"d been thrown out with no keys to get in. She said he"d been emotionally abusive (not physically), all that good stuff. I listened and repeatedly said variations of "jesus, that fucking sucks."
She then started chatting about work and that she"d changed jobs because of some stuff that went on at her previous place. At one point she said "penetration" about 4 times in a row when talking about sales numbers (she works at car dealerships) and I started to laugh and apologized because it was funny, and she laughed too and made a couple comments that more or less amounted to "fuck me now."
In an amazing display of fail, I didn"t make a move. It just felt really awkward to, not sure why, maybe it was the weed. Instead we chatted for a few more minutes about other stuff, and then I had to get going to hockey. We hugged, said bye and that we"d have to do lunch as she now works pretty close to me, and that was about it. I sent her a text later that night as she"d mentioned that she didn"t have my number anymore, and suggested we go check out a new wine bar that opened up near my place she was interested in. She said she was mostly busy this week but would let me know.
I would imagine she was fairly put off by me more or less giving her the boot when she"d put herself out there, and I wouldn"t blame her. It"s unfortunate that our interests and hobbies are so divergent because personality wise we do get along great, and I certainly find her attractive. But she can"t even swim for god"s sakes, and has zero interest in say going camping or skiing or biking or any of the things I spend most of my weekends on.
However I enjoy smoking weed and playing with her boobies.
On another note, another long time friend that I"ve been involved with in the past broke up with her BF of the past 6 years. It"s a somewhat similar situation to Diane in that we"ve been friends a long time, but different in that we actually were involved with each other in that distant past. We were actually each other"s "firsts" back in highschool, however no relationship ever really came of it, it"s just been kind of off and on when she gets an itch, I scratch it. She"s super awesome as well, but I"m not sure if there"s any spark on either end with her either, but I"m supposed to take her out for a ride on my R6 this week. Several of my guy and girl friends made comments to me in the aftermath of the break-up that I should "get on it" or asked if I was going to. Also, she"s aware of the Diane situation as well, the two of them are good friends as well.
Interesting times!